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Show A lestes m acr ol e p ido tu s C. Y. R. Offim and R. Enon, village of Nyankoma. P e t ersiu s o c c id e n t a l s G th r . Many specimens from Akropon and Infoan. H yd ro c yo n l in e a t u s Schleg. * R. Offim and R. Enon, Nyankoma. S arcodaces odoe Bl. R. Enon, Nyankoma. N a n n o c h a r a x f a sc ia tu s Gthr. Town of Akropon. M o rmyrus u s sh e r i Gthr. R. Offim. E XPLANATION OF THE PLATES. P l a t e X X X . Chromis busumanus, p. 333. P l a t e X X X I . Chromis multifasciatus, p. 333. P l a t e X X X I I . Notoglanidium walkeri, p. 337. P l a t e X X X I I I . Labeo ivalkeri, p. 338. 4. On a Specimen of the Okapi lately received at Brussels. By C. I. F o r s y t h M a j o r , F.Z.S. [Received November 18, 1902.] (With Text-figures 63-67.) Last month the Authorities of the Congo Independent State received the skin of an Okapi which was at first supposed to have been obtained by a missionary stationed at or near Stanley Pool, but which subsequently proved to have been forwarded by the Commandant Sillye, <£ chef de la zone du Haut-Ituri. Though it was apparently of an adult individual, the skin shows no tiaces of horns. . The examination and comparison of the two Brussels skms, of which photographs are exhibited, show first of all that in the pattern of the striping, especially of the liind-quarters, some variation occurs between one side and the other, this warns us not to attach too much importance to similar variations when 1902.] ON A SPECIMEN OP THE OKAPI. 3 3 9 |